Seniors who received the vaccine for shingles had a 20% lower risk of dementia, say Stanford researchers who called the ...

Taking advantage of a unique public health policy in the UK, a new study has found that receiving the shingles vaccine ...

A vaccine to fight dementia? It turns out there may already be one – shots that prevent painful shingles also appear to protect aging brains. A new study found shingles vaccination cut older adults’ ...

Researchers exploit a natural experiment in Wales to isolate the vaccine’s protective effect against dementia.

That reactivation creates intense inflammation around nerve cells, and chronic inflammation is increasingly recognized as a ...

Shingles vaccine linked to 20% lower dementia risk in large-scale study, suggesting potential cost-effective prevention strategy.

But where does dementia fit in? Here’s one theory: VZV infiltrates the brain much as it does the rest of the body. As our ...

Stanford researchers found that adults who received the zoster vaccine for shingles have a lower risk of developing dementia. Experts discuss the public health impact.

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In a large-scale study published in Nature, researchers have uncovered an unexpected benefit of the shingles vaccine—it may reduce the risk of developing dementia. The research, led by Stanford ...